Transcript Public Health Initiatives Programme Operators meeting

Public Health Initiatives
Programme Operators meeting
Lisbon, 5-6 June 2014
18 calls for proposals
9 calls released
9 calls under preparation
Estonia 3/3
Bulgaria
2/2
Slovenia
Lithuania
2/2
1/1
Portugal
Poland
1/1
2/2
Hungary
Czech Republic
5/5
2/2
Final date of eligibility
• 30 April 2016
• The FMC decided at its meeting of 7 May 2014
that no further decisions to grant general
extensions to the final date of eligibility of
projects will be taken.
Applications – turnout
and success rate
Estonia
Number of received applications
3
15
22
Number of approved projects
3
3
Poland
Lithuania
?
2
?
PL07
585
PL13
60 so far
about 35
?
The number of the submitted
applications broken down into
different thematic areas PL07
139
175
Amelioration of perinatal care preventive services, diagnostics and
treatment with a view to increase the
number of live births
Better adaptation of health care in
order to meet needs of the fast-growing
population of chronically-ill and
dependant as well as elderly persons
268
Cancer prevention aimed at reducing
cancer morbidity and mortality indicator
in Poland
Who applied in PL07?
All Polish public and private bodies as well as non-governmental
organisations constituted as legal entities and operating in the public
interest are eligible applicants, including:
Public and non-public health care institutions providing health services financed
from public funds and their founding institutions, including - public health care
institutions transformed into capital companies providing health services financed
from public funds: 481
Research institutions functioning in the health care system: 9
Medical universities or public universities conducting didactic and research activity
in the medical science:12
Long term care centres financed from public funds and their founding institutions:
32
Non-Governmental Organisations operating in the health care field: 48
Different approaches
– Polish example
PL07
PL13
A broad catalogue of eligible applicants and
possible partners
Only 156 eligible local government units
(poviats) (list based on the analysis of
standardized mortality ratios (SMR) for total
and for main causes of death (cancer,
cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases,
diseases of the digestive system, external
causes).
Broad catalogue only for Norwegian partners
A great interest in the open call from the sector
156 poviats invited to trainings and informed
A great number of applications
Limited number of applications
Very high competition - „the best of the best”
will receive the support
Limited competition, bigger chances for every
poviat from the list
Selected projects are often ready to implement
and the Project Promoters well prepared
Projects prepared especially for the call, on the
basis of requested health needs assessment
model – more experiments
Consequences for the appraisal
and implementation process
PL07
PL13
Many well prepared projects – low risk of
failling to select good project during one
call for proposal
The target group of the call were poviats
experiencing troubles – need for action is
considered more important than the
excelency at applying for funds
A great number of applications results in a Applicants need training and inciting –
longer appraisal and selection process
that is time-consuming
TIME IS AN IMPORTANT ASSET IN BOTH CASES
CONCLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE:
 both approaches have strong points
 need to foresee more time for organising calls and implementing projects in both cases
Time is needed for evaluation of many
applications submitted
Time is needed for training and
preparing the applicants
How to get more time?
• In this financial perspective the limited time underpin the implementation
of projects (expenditure eligibility date -30/04/2016)
• The programme cycle logic should preview:
 at least 3-4 years of projects implementation
 up to 1 year for the organization of calls for proposals and selection
procedure
 less time for the negotiation and appraisal of the programmes
CONCLUSIONS:
• The sooner the new perspective programming will start, the better
• It is of utmost importance to sign the Programme Agreements and start
the organizations of calls for proposals as quick as possible
Predefined projects
and small grants schemes
Predefined
projects
• Every country is responsible for at least one predefined
project
• Almost all are in the implementation phase
• Among Project Promotors are Hospitals, Ministries,
Universities and National Public Health Institutions
Hungary
Small
grants
schemes
2/2
• Preparatory phase
Czech
Republic
2/2
Bulgaria
1/1
Assessement
of the projects
Formal
assessement
INTERNAL – Programme
Operator (Estonia, Poland)
Programme Partner (Czech
Republic)
Content-related
assessement
EXTERNAL (Czech Republic,
Poland – calls for
proposals)
INTERNAL (Estonia,
Lithuania, Bulgaria, Poland
– predefined project)
External assessment
- challenges
• Difficulty to find a sufficient number of
independent experts, available at one time
• Long duration of public procurement
procedures
WHAT COULD BE A SOLUTION?
Proposition to consider: establishment of an
expert list within the Financial Mechanisms